UniPID Strategy

UniPID Values

UniPID Mission

UniPID is a network of
Finnish universities, which supports the strategic global responsibility
objectives of Finnish universities. UniPID strengthens and advances the
interdisciplinary education, research and societal impact of universities on
global development.

Strengthen
and diversify Finnish universities’ and international partner institutions’ curricula
and educational capacity in global development issues at under-graduate and
post-graduate levels;

Increase
the interest in development studies, and in specialization and research on the
field;

Enhance
institutional cooperation and individual partnerships beyond the institutional
and national borders in higher education and research related to global
challenges and development;

Enhance Finnish universities’ and researchers’
impact on research and development policies;

Impact the national and international research
agenda and funding priorities, and increase funding for research on global
challenges and development; and

Increase the importance of higher education and
research in facing global challenges, enhance the role of higher education
institutions in development cooperation, and increase the funding and develop
the instruments for HEI development cooperation.